Notes of Faith November 5, 2022
The Cure for Disappointment
Grace for the Moment
by Max Lucado
I am the Lord, the God of every person on the earth. Nothing is impossible for Me. — Jeremiah 32:27
We need to hear that God is still in control.
We need to hear that it’s not over until He says so.
We need to hear that life’s mishaps and tragedies are not a reason to bail out. They are simply a reason to sit tight.
Corrie ten Boom used to say, “When the train goes through a tunnel and the world gets dark, do you jump out? Of course not. You sit still and trust the engineer to get you through.”
The way to deal with discouragement? The cure for disappointment? Go back and read the story of God. Read it again and again. Be reminded that you aren’t the first person to weep. And you aren’t the first person to be helped.
Read the story and remember, the story is yours!
~ He Still Moves Stones
God Is For You
He will rejoice over you. — Zephaniah 3:17
God is for you. Turn to the sidelines; that’s God cheering your run. Look past the finish line; that’s God applauding your steps. Listen for Him in the bleachers, shouting your name.
Too tired to continue? He’ll carry you.
Too discouraged to fight? He’s picking you up.
God is for you. Had He a calendar, your birthday would be circled. If he drove a car, your name would be on His bumper. If there’s a tree in Heaven, He’s carved your name in the bark.
“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne?” God asks in Isaiah 49:15 (NIV).
What a bizarre question. Can you mothers imagine feeding your infant and then later asking, “What was that baby’s name?” No. I’ve seen you care for your young. You stroke the hair, you touch the face, you sing the name over and over. Can a mother forget? No way. But “even if she could forget her children, I will not forget you,” God pledges (Isaiah 49:15).
Excerpted from Grace for the Moment by Max Lucado, copyright Max Lucado.
Heb 13:5
"I will never leave you nor forsake you."
ESV
Matt 28:20
And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
ESV
In and through all things God is always with us. He has compassion on us. And for those who believe in Jesus and His work, God will bring these to Himself having perfected them in Jesus and making them holy, pure and perfect, blameless, without sin, and physically glorified like the resurrected Jesus!
John 16:33
In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."
NKJV
Life has its tribulations, but we will overcome through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
Pastor Dale